WPKN turns up the heat with one last on-air themed fundraiser sending up our favorite tracks of 2025. Saturday 12/27 from 7AM-7PM your favorite DJs will select, discuss, and debate the tracks that moved, grooved, and inspired them. Tune into the new and the now while making your year-end charitable tax-deductible donation to WPKN, a regional and global connector in adventurous culture and sounds.

Donate via the web (here) via wpkn.org/donate, CALL 203-331-9756, or TEXT the word WPKNBEST to 53-555

On-Air Schedule:

7-9AM: Kenn Greenquist & Jim Wexler (Incunabula, As Heard on WPKN)

9AM-Noon: Richard Epstein (Sometimes Classical) & Joseph Celli (My Other Music, Soundprint Asia)

Noon-2PM: Alec Cumming (Snap, Crackle, POP!) & Dave Schneider (Storied Sounds with...)

2-4PM: Frank Delgado (El Bailarin del Mambo) & Herman Olivera (ReHumanize Yourself Radio)

4-7PM: Lisa Sahulka (Afternoon Jazz) & Kevin Gallagher (Digging in the Dirt, Gaiagram)

And as ever our WPKN premiums in support of this mighty station!

VISIT OUR AUCTION PAGE for limited $25 and $50 gift certificates to our friends down the road at Vinyl Street Co.

$25 Pledge: WPKN Tote Bag

Sling your records, books, groceries, overnights in this stylish cloth bag that tells the world YOU have supreme listening tastes.

$50 Pledge: WPKN Beanie !

A super comfy WPKN knit beanie to keep your head snug and warm.

$75 Pledge: Crashing the Party on WPKN T-Shirt

Show yr a creature of the sweet doo-wop streets! It's Crashing the Party on WPKN baby!

Dynomite illustrated design by Avi Spivak, modeled by rock 'n' roller Sweet Pete.

Airing every first and third Tues 9am-Noon, Crashing the Party blows a hole into any preconceived notions of Doo-Wop – original vocal group music via two hour episodes with hosts Marc and Miriam trading rarities and obscurities from their respective collections of shellac in unscripted wild rides that are sure to surprise, amuse, and excite the heck out of listeners.

$89.50 Pledge: WPKN x Karl Heine 7.25 x 4.75 notebook, made of 100% recycled material. Limited Edition of 100.

WPKN is thrilled to partner with Karl Heine on a hand-crafted WPKN 7.25 x 4.75 notebook, made of 100% recycled material - now available via the brand new WPKN Shop in a first-run limited edition of 100.

Just as WPKN is a storied, Bridgeport-made institution, this collaboration came to life just miles down the road at AmFab studios, where we happened upon Karl Heine’s design work. Karl is a Bridgeport-based designer, educator, talent consultant, and supporter of WPKN.

130 pages (65 leaf) of acid-free paper await your plans, ideas, and sketches. The silver WPKN record logo sits on marbled recycled Italian leather, with a back purple inlay in a nod to the ‘Purple Knight Network.’

Dream in style and in support of your beloved community radio station, WPKN.

Watch the behind the scenes promo video on the collaboration and process here.

Our Woven Community Tote Bags, Handmade and all unique!

$100 Pledge: Record Logo Baseball Cap

Baseball Hat w/WPKN Record Logo (designed by Martha Willette Lewis of The Flux Capacitor), adjustable; one size fits all. Go team!

WPKN's 2025 Year End Best Of

By WPKN 89.5 FM

WPKN's 2025 Year End Best Of

Spinning our fave tracks of 2025, 7AM-7PM, Saturday 12/27